The ‘V’ spent a few days on the sunshine coast traveling all the way to Squamish, BC Canada where it surely was a big hit with all our revolutionaries on the side of it.

The day before leaving I noticed a lady riding her bike in front of the house. She had her dog on a leash and as I came out of the house to put some stuff in the RV, I saw that she had stopped and was now taking pictures of the RV, so I put the stuff down in the inside, closed the door and went to say hi. She said, “that’s quite a vehicle you have there”, to which I replied yes indeed. Then she stated how each person whose picture adorned the ‘V’ were so inspirational and made the world a different and better place. She remarked about people and serious struggles that were prevalent today. She said the world had changed and mentioned it was tough to deal with all the issues we faced without getting depressed (I remind myself this was Canada), then she mentioned that she cries almost every night about the things that are happening around us. (more…)

Just received a new shipment of my book I wrote about my journey through Occupy (with more pictures) “MoVement”or “Who Put the ‘V’ in Occupy? (same content is in both, but you can order the cover depending on your preference) if anyone would like to purchase a copy. This is the one I’ve been trying to reformat forever. I’m sending those who ordered their copy this weekend. The one I sent in the meantime is a freebie for your patience. Purchases can be made here and all proceeds go to help KYOC radio station and Pueblo House. Just scroll down the page a bit and on the right hand side you’ll see where you can order either cover. Thank you everyone. (Janet)

We have our radio station studio set up and are now live on 98.5 FM LP-Pueblo. What an exciting day it was to hear our own airwaves being broadcast that first day. This is going to give us, and the community, a voice in Pueblo. We’ll be interviewing musicians, artists, politicians and just your everyday citizens to see what they feel about their city. Our youth will have a voice too and DJ’ing will be taught to those interested. We officially occupying the airwaves. (more…)

What a great way to end the day, seeing this pardon. Having attended Mannings trial and seeing how fragile Chelsea was..this brought tears to my eyes. This is a great thing Obama is doing. The American taxpayers should be grateful to Manning for exposing the criminal behavior of some military through the released movie “Collateral Damage” that went viral on the Internet. Chelsea risked her life giving documents to WikiLeaks in order that we would know what was going on behind the scenes. The message, when our government sent Manning to prison, was that it’s ok to be a whistleblower on a company… but not the government.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a fantastic success. Catherine Calderon for getting all the food and making sauce for the spaghetti along with a cake. And Maggie for making a vegetarian spaghetti sauce. Doug for bringing buns and Anne Courtright who brought a tray of cookies. Nita Bakes for another wonderful tray of goodies and for handling all the guests at the door and also for the gifts she brought, James Raymond Smith and Patrick Pulis for all the moving and organizing throughout the day and making sure the music room was set up for us, We thank all the people who brought items for the silent auction (Nita, Catherine, Kate, Marsha & Steve) and especially Bella Chacon’s mom who made a special trip to bring a gift basket to help us raise money and to all the guests and musicians who played for our first gig in the music house (Dave David Gouge, Maggie May Johnny Watson, Traemon McCabe Amberdawn M McCabe, Cat Connor, Michael Comora, Fred & Bernie, Phil Holland, Steve Lujan and George Samaras who joined us later. We loved that Angelina Perez and Chacee Martinez sang a special song for us.
We raised $520 for the radio station which will launch at the end of this month. We’re working with an engineer who is bringing everything we need to get up and running by the end of this month. My dream has been fulfilled when we finished the night at the music house and all the musicians came together to create a vibe like no other!(more…)

We’ve been busy working on our music house. The OTR Foundation has 3 houses that were donated on the Eastside (812, 816 & 824 E 5th St.) of Pueblo. We’re using these spaces to ensure youth have a stress free – safe place to go where they enjoy a few things that schools may not offer. Our aim is to give kids something fun to do and at the same time expose them to things that they might find their passion. Rather than work at minimum wage jobs it would be nice to see them build a career doing what they love. We’ll expose kids to more music, art and media. We’re creating a space where young people can learn, play and mentor each other. The original Pueblo House is finished, but we have so much stuff (and a whole lot of musical instruments) inside, we’ve run out of room. Renovations are finalizing on the music house and with all the construction, we’ve not had the time (or space) to run programs. The music house will be our main focus until spring when we will open the space for music jams & lessons. The original Pueblo House (816 E 5th) will be turned into a games room, library and be our art space with lessons by local artists. (more…)

OTR is happy and proud to stand with the hero’s on the front line protecting our waterways. If the houses weren’t taking every minute of our day (to get up and running before the snow flies) we’d be there too. But, we’re watching it and stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters on the front lines who put their lives on hold to ensure all of us are protected and the water free from contamination and big oil! Stand with us today in Pueblo as we embrace national stand with #NODAPL at 2 pm.

Spent a few hours hanging out in Kalamazoo before Tammy Hibner arrived . Didn’t get to see old friend Chris maybe next time through. It was peaceful where I was able (with Tammy’s help -massage therapist) get comfortable again and drove west of Chicago before stopping for the night. Then it was off to Des Moines.

We gathered again at City Hall where plenty of marchers wanted to be heard. Their voices came through loud and clear…..Bernie or bust! After the march to FDR park we gathered in huge numbers to hear Jill Stein deliver her speech and it was great. There’s no doubt the people are confused as to where to go during this campaign. What was very clear is that they are NOT voting for Hilary! The evening was cut short when torrential rains starting giving us all a nice bath after a very hot day. As everyone ran toward the subway protecting their equipment it was noticed that the huge stage and image projectors had been covered in plastic. There was going to be some great music, (more…)

Occupying Roads across America

OTR is a 501c4
We've taken to the streets, traveling the country to educate and unite communities. We use our website, twitter, facebook, visuals, documentaries, and most of all our 31 ft billboard on the RV (known as the "V") to communicate the message that started on Wall Street.
Our mission ... "GET the MONEY OUT of politics. Until and unless we accomplish this, our politicians are working for the corporations who buy them.